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Japan and the Asian Development
Bank (ADB) are upgrading access roads in Western Mongolia with the hope
of providing greater access to international markets to isolated rural
communities.
The Japan Fund for Poverty
Reduction is providing a $2 million grant for the road project, and
ADB will manage the funds. The project will also provide employment
for local residents, who will be trained in road operation and maintenance.
The project will improve 33.5
kilometers of rural access roads in ten locations over a period of 42
months. Once the project is completed, travel time from rural centers
to the main road will be cut by 35%, providing increased access to markets
for remote communities.
The access roads connect local
communities with a 748.4-kilometer road project being financed by ADB,
stretching from Yarant bordering China to Ulaanbaishint bordering the
Russian Federation.
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